Prohibition
The sad side of “smokefree”
Let’s not pretend that there are no benefits to smoking
Prohibitionist alchemy
More alcohol advertising does not mean more drinking
Against the neo-prohibitionists
Drug users have agency — let them choose for themselves
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
Do the right thing
Doubling down will end the Tories as a party of government
The UK’s war on free speech
Street violence is being met with restrictions on online speech by a Labour government desperate to clamp down on opinion
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
The football world’s war on free speech
Football authorities are attempting to insist on what political values players and supporters should represent
The Conservatives have been too soggy, not too harsh
Their voters expected them to cut taxes and immigration — they did the opposite
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Live and let live
Labour must resist the urge to kick field sports
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
